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Why Investors Aren’t Generous on PG, KMB, CL, and CLX

Why Investors Aren’t Generous on PG, KMB, CL, and CLX

Shares of household and personal care product manufacturers Procter & Gamble (PG), Clorox (CLX), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), and Kimberly-Clark (KMB) are underperforming the broader markets. Despite the fact that these companies have reported improvements in their volumes and earnings growth rates, investors don’t seem interested in giving them the benefit of the doubt.